Kenny Football? Texas A&M QB has different idea

Kenny Football? Texas A&M QB has different idea

September 3rd, 2014 in News

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Just call him Kenny Trill.

Many, including Johnny Manziel himself, started calling new Texas A&M quarterback Kenny Hill by the nickname Kenny Football after his record-setting, 511-yard passing game in an upset of South Carolina last week.

Though trill is a word to describe a vibratory sound, that's not what it means in rap culture. It's a hybrid of true and real and has long been used by Texas rapper Bun B, who calls himself Bun B Trill OG.

Maybe that will happen one day, but for now Bun B isn't quite ready to sign off on the moniker. He tweeted: "Like the idea of "Kenny Trill" but I think coachsumlin would agree one good game alone doesn't make you trill. He's on his way though!"

Hill said scores of people have approached him for pictures. They won't get them: Hill said coach Kevin Sumlin told him not to take them because "Johnny got in so much trouble over pictures."

Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner for Texas A&M, was suspended for the first half of the Aggies' season opener against Rice for what the school said was an "inadvertent" violation of NCAA rules involving signing autographs. He also received criticism after being photographed after the Cotton Bowl in a nightclub holding a bottle of champagne and more criticism when he posted a picture of himself with a wad of cash from gambling.

Sumlin denied telling Hill he wasn't allowed to take pictures.

"I told the guys that if they ever want to pass the blame, blame it on me," Sumlin said with a laugh. "Johnny didn't do that a lot last year. Kenny already took advantage of that. But he needs to let me know. You've got something like that, just blame it on me. The next step is let me know."

Texas A&M's coaching staff even got on board with the nickname Monday. When asked about Hill's turning into a celebrity overnight, offensive coordinator Jake Spavital answered: "Kenny Trill, you mean?"

Spavital said he didn't have any strong feelings about the nickname, but knew he didn't want to copy Manziel's nickname.

"That's none of my business, but I knew he didn't want Kenny Football and that's the main thing," Spavital said. "Kenny Trill, I had to ask him what trill meant."